Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), and subject to subsection (d), an individual applying for renewal of a driver's license in the form of a physical credential (issued under IC 9-24-3 ), or a chauffeur's or a public passenger chauffeur's license, including any endorsements in effect with respect to the license, must apply in person at a license branch and do the following: (1) Pass an eyesight examination. (2) Pass a written examination if: (A) the applicant has at least six (6) active points on the applicant's driving record maintained by the bureau; (B) the applicant has not reached the applicant's twenty-first birthday and has active points on the applicant's driving record maintained by the bureau; or (C) the applicant is in possession of a driver's license that is expired beyond one hundred eighty (180) days. (b) The holder of a driver's license in the form of a physical credential (issued under IC 9-24-3 ), a chauffeur's or a public passenger chauffeur's license, or a learner's permit issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-7 may renew the license, including any endorsements in effect with respect to the license, by mail or by electronic service, subject to the following conditions: (1) A valid computerized image of the individual must exist within the records of the bureau. (2) The previous renewal of the individual's driver's license (issued under IC 9-24-3 ), chauffeur's or public passenger chauffeur's license, or a learner's permit issued under IC 9-24-7 must not have been by mail or by electronic service. (3) The application for or previous renewal of the individual's license or permit must have included a test of the individual's eyesight approved by the bureau. (4) If the individual were applying for the license or permit renewal in person at a license branch, the individual would not be required under subsection (a)(2) to submit to a written examination. (5) The individual must be a citizen of the United States, as shown in the records of the bureau. (6) There must not have been any change in the: (A) address; or (B) name; of the individual since the issuance or previous renewal of the individual's driver's license (issued under IC 9-24-3 ), chauffeur's or public passenger chauffeur's license, or a learner's permit issued under IC 9-24-7 . (7) The driver's license (issued under IC 9-24-3 ), chauffeur's or public passenger chauffeur's license, or a learner's permit issued under IC 9-24-7 of the individual must not be: (A) suspended; or (B) expired more than one hundred eighty (180) days; at the time of the application for renewal. (8) If the individual is seventy-five (75) years of age or older at the time of the application for renewal, the individual must provide proof, on a form approved by the bureau, that the individual has passed an eyesight examination within thirty (30) days prior to the renewal application. (c) An individual applying for the renewal of a driver's license issued in the form of a physical credential (issued under IC 9-24-3 ), a chauffeur's license or a public passenger chauffeur's license, or a learner's permit issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-7 , including any endorsements in effect with respect to the license, must apply in person at a license branch under subsection (a) if the individual is not entitled to apply by mail or by electronic service under subsection (b). (d) The bureau may not issue or renew a chauffeur's or a public passenger chauffeur's license after December 31, 2016. If a holder of a chauffeur's or a public passenger chauffeur's license applies after December 31, 2016, for renewal of the chauffeur's or public passenger chauffeur's license, the bureau shall issue to the holder a driver's license under IC 9-24-3 with a for-hire endorsement if the holder: (1) applies in a form and manner prescribed by the bureau; and (2) satisfies the requirements for renewal of a driver's license issued under IC 9-24-3 , including the fee and examination requirements under this section. (e) An individual applying for the renewal of a driver's license issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-3 shall pay the following applicable fee: (1) If the individual is less than seventy-five (75) years of age, seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows: (A) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund. (B) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund. (C) Four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) to the motor vehicle highway account. (D) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund. (E) Nine dollars and twenty-five cents ($9.25) to the commission fund. (2) If the individual is at least seventy-five (75) years of age and less than eighty-five (85) years of age, eleven dollars ($11). The fee shall be distributed as follows: (A) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund. (B) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the crossroads 2000 fund. (C) Three dollars ($3) to the motor vehicle highway account. (D) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund. (E) Four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) to the commission fund. (3) If the individual is at least eighty-five (85) years of age, seven dollars ($7). The fee shall be distributed as follows: (A) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund. (B) One dollar ($1) to the crossroads 2000 fund. (C) Two dollars ($2) to the motor vehicle highway account. (D) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund. (E) Two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) to the commission fund. A fee paid under this subsection after December 31, 2016, includes the renewal of any endorsements that are in effect with respect to the driver's license issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-3 at the time of renewal. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-4-34.1(g); Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-29-9-2.1; subsection (f) formerly 9-29-9-4; subsection (g) formerly 9-29-9-5.]
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